Crl.O.P.No.31546 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 19.11.2025 CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA Crl.O.P.No.31546 of 2025 1. Jayakumar 2. Tamilarasan 3. Poovarasan ... petitioners Vs. 1. The State represented by, The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Polur DSP Office, Tiruvannamalai District. 2. The State represented by, The Inspector of Police, Kalasapakkam Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District. (Crime No.384 of 2025) 3. Hariharasuthan ... Respondents PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita/Section 482 Cr.P.C, to direct the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for SC/ST Act Cases, Tiruvannamalai, to consider the bail application of the petitioners to be filed on the same day of their surrender in Crime No.384 of 2025 pending investigation on the file of the second respondent. 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31546 of 2025 For Petitioners : Mr.A.Sathishkumar For R1 & R2 : Mr.R.Vinothraja Government Advocate (Criminal Side) O R D E R The present Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking a direction to the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for SC/ST Act Cases, Tiruvannamalai, to accept the surrender of the petitioners and consequently consider their bail petition on the same day, on merits, in connection with Crime No.384 of 2025 on the file of the second respondent Police. 2. In view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and also taking into consideration the possibility of misusing the pious intention of the Parliament against innocent persons, there shall be a direction to the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for SC/ST Act Cases, Tiruvannamalai, to consider the petitioners' bail application, preferably on the same day of their surrender, in connection with Crime No.384 of 2025 on the file of the second respondent Police and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, after affording due opportunity to the victims under Section 15-A of the SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989. The 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31546 of 2025 petitioners shall surrender before the jurisdictional Court within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 3. In view of the above, this Criminal Original Petition stands allowed. 19.11.2025 ham Neutral Citation:Yes/No To 1. The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for SC/ST Act Cases, Tiruvannamalai. 2. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Polur DSP Office, Tiruvannamalai District. 3. The Inspector of Police, Kalasapakkam Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District. 4. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.31546 of 2025 A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J. ham Crl.O.P.No.31546 of 2025 19.11.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis